Joseph men-chest



1. MENCHEN. DEVICE FOR PHONOGRAPHS APPLICATION FILED DEC.24.J9I7.

Patented Sept. 30, 1919.

/ INVENTOR ATTORNEYY J'OSEPH MENCHEN', OF NEW YORK, N.

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To all whom it concern:

Be it known t at'I, Josnrn MENOHEN, a citlzen of the United States, and a resident of the boron h of Manhattan, in the tate of New York, have,

city, county, and invented a new and useful Device for Phonographs, of which the following is a specification.

In the use of phonographs or talking'ma- 1Q chines employing flat records inconvenience is experienced in removin the records after playing, because of the di culty of rasping the thin edge of one of these dis s while lying fiat upon the surface of the turntable.

I According to the present invention, a flexible suction cup. lifting device is provided which operates upon the face of the record, and raises the same sufliciently so that the hand may be placed beneath it. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention the device is mounted upon the 'swiveled sound box of a laterally swinging and ver tically tilting reproducer arm, and in this combination it performs thevfunction ofa cushion foot supporting the arm with the sound box ofl the record while changing needles.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a turntable with a record thereon, a reproducer arm and itsmounting, the sound box, and a suction cup attachment on the sound box, the-last being in its inoperative position and the top of the casing inclosing the mechanism for driving the turntable being shown in section;

Fig. 2- is a 'view like Fig. 1 with portions broken away and omitted, showing the sound box turned up and the device of the 0 invention upon the record;

Fig. '3 is a vertical section on the line 33 of Fig. 2, the sound box being in elevation- -Fig. 4' is a sectional plan on the line a of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is a v1ew partly in 'verticallsection I p and partly in elevation of amodification.

The turntable 2 is mounted upon a spindle 1' 3 and driven in the usual manner. The-reproducer mechanism selected for illustration .50 is of the tynewherein, the pivotal reproducer arm 4. is bodily movable in the vertical as well as thehorizontal sense, 5 being a horizontal swivel and 6 a vertical swivel, whereby the rear part of the arm is jointed to the fixed neck7 rising from the cabinet wall 8.. As is well understood, the reprospecificatioi i of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 3%, 1919. Application filed December 24, 1917. Serial No. 208,860. i I

ducer arm constitutes the initialpartof the sound conduit and is connected through the 'fixed part .7 with an amplifier beneath the upon the record, while'in Fig. '2 it is turnedupward to facilitate exchange of needles.

The lifting device comprises a flexible suctlon cu 11, of such diameter and resilience of wall as to secure a purchase upon the face of the record 12 when pressed thereon sufficient to enable .the disk to. be

lifted through the agency of the cup, so that ,it may be conveniently graspedby' the hand not engaged in operating the cup. As indicated-in Fig. 4 the cup is best applied toward one side, partly on the smooth part of the record and partly upon the grooves, as at this region it secures a sufiiciently firm grip and at the same time is self-releasing when the record has been raised a certain distance, the vacuum in the cup becoming '80 broken partly by the leverage of the record and partly by the grooves acting as channels to admit air slowly.

The cupis preferably, though not necessarily, secured to'the sound box 9. For this purpose it is shown provided with a substantially U-shaped spring clip 13 having an anchoring stem portion 14 which is-vulcanized in the top of the cup. The limbs 15 and 16 of the clip are formed and spaced in such manner as to embrace and clasp the edge of the sound box, and the'limb 15 at the face or diaphragm. side of the box is formed with a punched toe 17 to engage j over the internal shoulder 18 of the rim of the -box. The stem portion in this instance is formed by two pieces which are partially cut out of the limbs 15,16 and bent downward therefrom, leaving the openings 19',

the extremities 20 of. the pieces being turned out as shown.

The cup-preferably projects from the periphery of the box-at somewhat more than r a quadrants' distance from the stylus holder .21, so that when the box is turned to dispose the needle in a convenient, upwardly and forwardly inclined position, for changing, the suction cup is brought down upon I. the record. 7 In. this. operatlon 'therepro- ,1 10

ducer arm is also tilted upward about its swivel 6, as seen' in Fig 2. The cup may thus serve as a non-marrmg footto support the sound box and arm during the changing of the needle. In order to lift the record, the pivotal arm and suction cup are depressed, thereby flattening the cup and expelling air therefrom, so that when the pressure is removed the partial vacuum pro- -Manifestly the device may also be used to support the sound box with its needle up.

wardly presented, by resting upon the cabi. net top at one side of the record.

In Fig. 5 a modification is shown, wherein a valve 22 is provided in-the cup 11 for facilitating the breaking of the vacuum. This valve may comprise a stem slidable in a bushing 23 vulcanized in the top of the cup and having a conical head '24 cooperating with a corresponding valve seat recess in the lower end of said bushing. An expansion spring 25 interposed between the. top of the bushing and a clip 13 or other suitable head to which the valve stem is united seats the valve. This spring may be sufliciently strong relatively to the resistance of the walls of the cup to distortion, so that the valve will notbe unseated by downward pressure suflioient to grip the cup upon therecord, or its action may be more rapid than the resilience of the cup so that though unseated by pressure, if this pressure be quickly removed the valve will close before the cup can resume its original form. For purposeof further illustration the clip 13 is represented as of rigid form. The extremity of the arm 15 is turned in to form a holding toe 17, and the other arm bears a setscrew 26 to bear against the back of the sound box.

While I have described the preferred form and mode of application ofImy invention, it will be understood that numerous other embodiments are possible.

What I claim as new is: i

1. In a phonograph having a turntable record support, record-lifting means comprising an overhanging arm, and a flexible suction cup thereon movable toward and from the turntable, said cup having a flexible open mouth and depending vupon its collapsi'bility for its suction effect. I 2. In a phonograph having. a turntable record support, record-lifting means comprising a pivotal arm, and a flexible suction cup movably jointed to the pivotal arm, so as to be movable into and out of suction engagement with a record on the turntable, said cu having a flexible open mouth and depending upon its collapsibility for its suction efi'ect.

' structed connecting the same to the arm, said cup having a flexible open mouth and depending upon its collapsibility for its suction effect. 4. Ina phonograph, the combination with a turntable and a reproducer arm, of a fleXl ble suction cup device mounted on the re-' producer arm for lifting records from the turntable.

5. In a phonograph, the combination witha swinging and tilting reproducer farm, of a flexible suction cup pivotally mounted on said arm for lifting the records. s

6. In a phonograph, the combination with a swinging and tilting reproducer arm, and

a sound box swiveled thereon, of a flexible suction cup secured to the sound box and adapted to be brought upon the record when the stylus is turned up.

7 In a phonograph, a reproducer arm and a sound box pivotally jointed thereon,

the record.

8. A record-lifting attachment for phonographs, comprising a flexible suction cup and means ducer mechanism in such manner-as to enable it to lift a disk record through movement of the reproducer mechanism.

9. A record-lifting attachment for phonographs, comprising aflexible suction cup anda clip connected to the cup and constructed to engage a sound box whereby through movement of the sound-box the cup may be caused to grip and lift the record.

the combination with ofa flexible suction cup on the sound boxadapted to be brought upon for attaching the same to the repro- 1 0. A record-lifting attachment for phonographs, comprising a flexible suctioncup anda'ohp connected to the cup and con-' to'engage a sound box, said clip comprising two limbsiadapted to embrace Iatotoe to take overthe rim at the face of the 11. A record-lifting attachment for phonographs, comprising a flexible suction cup and a clip connected to the cup and constructed to engage a sound box, said clip comprising a substantially U-shaped element adapted to embrace the edge of the sound the edge of the sound hox,-one limb having box and having means upon its limbs for securement thereto, and a stem part consisting of portions struck out of the limbs and bent below the base of the U-shapedelement and embedded in the material of the cup.

12. A record-lifting attachment for phonographs, comprisin aflexible suction cup and a substantially U- aped spring clip secured to the cup and adapted to embrace the edge .of the sound box,'whereby through movement of the sound-box the cup may be caused to grip and lift the record.

13. Ina disk-record phonograph, the combination with reproducer mechanism of thetype comprising a 1aterallyswinging rethe stylus-holder upward into convenient,

producer arm free to gravitate and a vertical sound-box swiveled on said arm and carrying a stylus-holder adapted to be turned upward by swiveling the sound-box on the avitating arm, of a cushion foot mounte on the periphery of the sound-box in such relation to the stylus-holder as to support the reproducer mechanism upon the record when the sound-box is turned to bring position for changing the stylus? stylus-holder upward into convenient posi-.

tion for changing the stylus, said foot comprising a suction cup adapted to lift the record by raising of the reproducer mechamsm. v

JOSEPH MENCHEN. 

